The patient asks how microbes from her body can be grown in the lab. You explain that specimens are introduced to nutrient medium and that any growth of the microbe that appears after incubating the specimen is called the:

A. culture.

B. colony.

C. microorganism.

D. infectious agent.

colony

Explanation: In a culture media bacterial reproduce to form cells called colony.

A culture is a media used in growing a population of bacteria. It could either be solid, liquid or semi solid.

A solid and semi solid media contains Agar (a solidifying Agent) that provides a platform for the bacteria.

The media contains nutrients source that supply the required nutrient needed for the bacteria growth this include extracts of protein, inorganic salt, carbohydrate and vitamins. If a bacteria medium is left for too long it could lead to the death of all the bacteria due to nutrients used up from the media.

Culture should be done in a disease free environment to avoid contamination.

A.) Culture, a culture is an incubated microbe or microorganism/bacteria that will live and breed inside a container/Petrie disk.